Deflation

The World Economic Forum released its annual assessment of global risks Wednesday. According to Bloomberg, the report said rising inequality and social polarization will dominate risk headlines over the next 10 years. The report said that world leaders need to work together in order to avoid "...

This piece contains the opinions of Senior Analyst and Commentator at CNBC Ron Insana that do not reflect the opinions of Benzinga.com. The positive impact of falling oil prices continues to be overshadowed by the astonishingly swift pace of the decline. The former, a boon for consumers...

The euro remained under pressure on Wednesday. The common currency traded at $1.3357 at 6:00 GMT on Wednesday morning, reflecting investors’ caution ahead of the European Central Bank's Thursday policy meeting. Recent economic data from the bloc indicates that the region needs further...

The euro looks set to begin August near a nine month low reached earlier in the week. The common currency traded at $1.3385 at 6:36 GMT as a stronger dollar and disappointing inflation figures weighed. On Thursday, Eurostat released troubling inflation data showing that consumer prices had...

Currency pairs have been on the move over the past few weeks, most notably with the yen regaining some ground and the dollar's gains stalling. However, the moves in currencies have actually led those of stocks, so traders would be wise to take note of where currencies are heading from here. Yen...

Futures Flat After Strong Japanese GDP U.S. equity futures traded just near unchanged in early pre-market trade following a stronger than expected GDP report from Japan. Japan reported first quarter GDP rose 3.5 percent on an annualized basis, better than the 2.7 percent expected growth rate....

When you’re surrounded by the kind of market turbulence we saw last week, it’s always best to view the stock market with some context. S&P tried to provide it with an article that rates the chances of the U.S. having a Japanese style deflation, and double dip recession as being 20%, in the Aug...

In a deflationary environment, stocks tend to go down as consumers and companies stop spending. Here is a list of stocks that I think will outperform should the economy take another turn for a worse and go into a double-dip recession. The jobs report came out for July and it was much weaker than...

In a report today, economists at Bloomberg think that there is a likely chance that deflation will continue to prevail this year. Their argument rests on the lousy unemployment numbers and poor consumer confidence, of late. The Dallas Fed’s Trimmed Mean Inflation Index, which is a smoothed out...

Charles Nenner, president of the Charles Nenner Research Center, believes in significant deflation for the next year or so, than 30 years of on inflation to follow. This is a fairly popular theory brought forward by many analysts lately. In the short term a sluggish overall economy and high...